Date function issue

Hi Experts,
I have an requirement related to date function in WebI.
I am working on BO 4.2 version.From the source system,I am getting the data for start date and end date.And now I need to maintain additional two more columns i.e one column is MONTHS and other column is DAYS.
Lets Say :
Start Date : 01 January,2014 = 01-01-2014
End Date : 05 April,2014 = 05-04-2014
For the above example , In the report output , it should display as :
START DATE END DATE MONTHS DAYS
01-01-2014 05-04-2014 3 4
Could anyone please let me know , which date function do I need to use in the formula, to achieve the above requirement?
Appreciate for your quick response.Thanks in advance

v_dayDifference=DaysBetween([Start Date];[End Date])
v_Month=Floor([v_dayDifference]/30)
v_Days=([v_dayDifference]-[v_Month]*30)
This will give you the output like below:
Start Date
End Date
v_Month
v_Days
01 Feb, 2014
02 Mar, 2014
0
29
01 Jan, 2014
01 Jan, 2014
0
0
01 Jan, 2014
05 Apr, 2014
3
4
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31 Jan, 2014
1
0
05 Jan, 2014
01 Apr, 2014
2
26
31 Jan, 2014
01 Feb, 2014
0
1

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Date: 2008-05-02 15:32:59 -0700 (Fri, 02 May 2008)
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Bug: BLZ-152-lcds custom Date serialization issue - need to add java.io.Externalizable as the first type tested in AMF writeObject() functions
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